The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 28, 1967
Waning Gibbous
91.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 PM
9:35 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 545
Events on this date
-
Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,700 km.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 310.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 58m / 11.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.32° / 4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.59° / -4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.58° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.